【正文】 agai n and i t was off ici al ly pr esented t o t he Am eri can people by Bar thol di. Ever since t hen, t he gr eat monum ent has been a sym bol of li ber t y for t he m il li ons of peopl e who have pased thr ough New Yor k Har bour to m ake t hei r hom es in Am eri ca. Leson94 Fut ure champi ons 未來(lái)的冠軍 Experi ments have pr oved t hat chi l dr en can be i nst r uct ed i n swim mi ng at a ver y ear l y age. At a speci al swimm i ng pool i n Los Angel es, chi l dr en bee exper t at hol di ng t hei r br eat h under wat er even befor e they can walk. Babi es of t wo m ont hs old do not appear t o be rel uct ant t o ent er t he water, I t is not l ong bef or e t hey ar e so accust om ed t o swi mmi ng t hat t hey can pick up wei ght s f rom the f loor of t he pool . A gam e t hat i s very popular wit h t hese young swi mm er s i s t he under water tr i cycle r ace. Tri cycl es ar e li ned up on t he f l oor of t he pool seven f eet under wat er. The chi l dr en pet e agai nst each ot her t o r each t he other end of t he pool . Many pedal t hei r t ri cycl es, but m ost of t hem pref er t o push or dr ag t hem. Some chil dren can cover t he whol e l engt h of t he pool wit hout i ng up for breat h even once. Whet her t hey wil l ever be e fut ur e Ol ym pic cham pions, onl y tim e wi l t el l. Meanwhil e, t hey shoul d encourage t hose am ong us who cannot swim f ive yar ds bef or e t hey ar e gaspi ng f or ai r. Lesson95 A f ant asy 純屬虛構(gòu) When t he Ambassador of Escal opia r et ur ned home f or l unch, hi s wif e got a shock. He l ooked pal e and his cl ot hes were i n a f ri ght f ul st at e. 39。 she asked. 39。 39。 answered t he Am bassador dr il y. 39。 39。 excl aim ed hi s wif e. 39。 39。 answer ed the Am bassador. 39。 The Am basador 39。s hat . 39。 she asked. 39。 sai d t he Ambasador . 39。t you think ? For t unatel y, I wasn39。 Leson96 The dead ret urn 亡靈返鄉(xiāng) A Fest ival for the Dead i s hel d once a year i n Japan. Thi s festi val i s a cheerf ul occasi on, f or on thi s day, the dead are said t o r et urn to t hei r hom es and t hey ar e weled by t he li ving. As they a re expect ed to be hungr y af t er t hei r long j our ney, f ood i s lai d out f or them. Speci al ly made lanter ns ar e hung out si de each house to help the dead to f ind t heir way. Al night long, people dance and si ng. I n t he ear ly mor ning, the f ood that had been lai d out f or the dead is t hrown into a si nce hi s defeat, t he ex Pri me Minister had gone abr oad. On t he fol lowi ng day, Cr awl ey went to t he house again. The same pol iceman was just walking sl owl y past he ent rance, when Cr awley asked the sam e questi on. Though a l it tle suspicious thi s ti me, the poli ceman gave him the same answer . The day af ter , Crawl ey went t o the house once m or e and a sked exact ly t he sam e questi on. This tim e, t he pol iceman l ost his t emper .39。 he s hout ed, 39。 39。 answer ed Cr awl ey,39。 Lesson84 O n strike 罷工 Busm en have deci ded to go on st ri ke next week. The st ri ke is due to begin on Tuesday. No one knows how long it wi l l ast . The busmen have st at ed that the str ike wi l l conti nue unt il gener al agreement is r eached about pay and working condit ions. Most peopl e beli eve t hat t he st ri ke wil l last for at l east a week. Many owner s of pri vat e car s are goi ng to of fer 39。 t o peopl e on their way to wor k. Thi s wi l rel ieve pressur e on the t rai ns t o some extent. Meanwhil e, a number of universit y student s have volunt er ed to dr ive buses whi le t he str ike lasts. Al t he young m en ar e exper t dri ver s, but bef ore t hey dr ive any of t he buses, t hey wi l l have to pass a speci al t est. The students are goi ng to take the t est in two days39。s hom e. We shal l al l remember Mr Page for his pat i ence and under st andi ng and f or the ki ndl y encouragement he gave us when we went so unwil li ngl y to school. A gr eat m any f orm er pupil s wi l be at ending a farewel l di nner i n his honour next Thur sday. It i s a cur ious coincidence that the day bef ore hi s ret ir em ent , Mr Page wil l have been teachi ng for a t otal of f ort y year s. Af t er he has r et ir ed, he wi l devot e him sel f t o gardening. For hi m, thi s wil l be an ent ir el y new hobby. But t hi s does not mat ter, f or, as he has of ten r em ar ked, one i s never too ol d to lear n. Lesson86 O ut of control 失控 As t he man t ri ed to swi ng the speedboat round, t he steer i ng wheel came away in his hands. He waved desperatel y to hi s pani on, who had been water skii ng for the l ast f if teen mi nut es. Both men had har dly had t im e to r eal ize what was happening when t hey were t hrown vi ol ent1y i nt o t he sea. The speed boat had str uck a buoy, but i t cont inued to m ove ver y quickly across the wat er . Both m en had just begun to swi m towards t he shor e. when t hey not iced wi th di smay t hat t he speed boat was moving i n a cir cle. It now came str aight towards t hem at tr em endous speed. I n l ess t han a minut e, i t r oared past t hem only a few f eet away. Aft er it had passed, t hey swam on as qui ckl y as they coul d because they knew t hat t he boat would soon ret urn. They had j ust had enough t im e to swi m out of danger when the boat again pl et ed a cir cle. On t hi s occasion, however, i t had slowed down considerably. The pet rol had near ly al l been used up. Bef or e l ong, the noi se dr opped plet el y and the boat began to dri ft gent ly acr oss t he water. Leson87 A perf ect ali bi 極好的不在犯罪 現(xiàn)場(chǎng)的證據(jù) 39。clock t rai n to London,39。Do you al ways cat ch such an earl y tr ain ?39。Of cour se I do, 39。 I must be at work at o39。 39。 asked the i nspector. 39。 At what t i m e di d you ar ive at the stat ion ?39。At ten t o eight. I bought a paper and wai ted f or the tr ain.39。And you didn39。 39。 39。 sai d t he inspector , 39。clock tr ain, but t hat you